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Apple and Cisco Team Up for iOS Enterprise 'Fast Lane'

StoneJack said:
thats big. Apple is killing by its partnerships. First IBM, now Cisco. And Disney before that. I remember how in 90s Apple was a small niche player making small computers no one bought..beleaguered was the word..now Apple is bigger than all main computer companies combined..And bigger than Google, MS and Facebook. Bigger than biggest oil guys.
Isn't Steve Jobs a real genius or what?? And yet it thrives to stay hungry.. :) not looking good for car guys.. swiss watch makers...music streamers..Sony and Xbox..even for TV companies...
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I just hope they continue to diversify if they want to survive. I can really only name a few companies (outside of auto manufacturers) from 50 years ago that are still around now. The biggest is probably GE, since they are so diverse in everything they do. AT&T and IBM are both still around, however not in their original forms. When you think about it, when was the last time you saw something from RCA? Westinghouse? Rockwell? I really hope Apple is still around in 2080, and not just a part of something else.
 
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BWhaler said:
Great idea as long as it is technically possible to make things faster and better, and not just a marketing partnership.

Only criticism: I'm not sure I would have used the language, "fast lane." It's too closely associated with the (hopefully) failed attempt by the ISP and internet backbone providers to slow down speeds to force content providers and websites to pay additional fees. With that said, I'm not sure how many non-industry people would make that association and "fast lane" is a universally understood expression.
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I was hoping that Cisco was going to build new hardware that allowed we iOS users to achieve faster speeds and assignment priority over other network traffic. :cool:
 
Gasu E. said:
Do you work in an "enterprise"? If you did, you would know this was in fact the case. I work in a company that does $50B/ year revenue.

2008: Windows-only shop
2015: 100% mobile and open. iOS and Macs are the platforms of choice.
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its impressive how much Apple has moved itself into the BYOD, especially for handsets. they really took advantage of Blackberries blundering.

But Apple still has a long way to go. In true enterprise, they're almost non-existent. Work in a trillion+ dollar industry (banking), and Apple has 0 impact outside people getting their emails on their phones.

99% of all banking software platforms are Windows / Linux only. (not talking about front end user apps which are predominantly HTML5 based)

Obviously industry to industry will vary, But Aside from basic use, Apple has never really gone after deep enterprise integration, and even backed out of it completely from the back end when they killed off the xserve
 
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LordVic said:
its impressive how much Apple has moved itself into the BYOD, especially for handsets. they really took advantage of Blackberries blundering.

But Apple still has a long way to go. In true enterprise, they're almost non-existent. Work in a trillion+ dollar industry (banking), and Apple has 0 impact outside people getting their emails on their phones.

99% of all banking software platforms are Windows / Linux only. (not talking about front end user apps which are predominantly HTML5 based)

Obviously industry to industry will vary, But Aside from basic use, Apple has never really gone after deep enterprise integration, and even backed out of it completely from the back end when they killed off the xserve
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I agree with you on the Mac front. Even in my company, where people literally get to choose their platforms (and most people choose Macs), a Mac user has to make do with a mix of Outlook, web-based apps, and Fusion. On iOS, it's quite different, as Apple has had mindshare in mobile applications since the first iPhone.

I do expect the IBM relationship to have a huge impact on the Mac front, in addition to the trend toward web-based applications.
 
Gasu E. said:
I agree with you on the Mac front. Even in my company, where people literally get to choose their platforms (and most people choose Macs), a Mac user has to make do with a mix of Outlook, web-based apps, and Fusion. On iOS, it's quite different, as Apple has had mindshare in mobile applications since the first iPhone.

I do expect the IBM relationship to have a huge impact on the Mac front, in addition to the trend toward web-based applications.
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Mobile gets the benefit that when it really started to take off, they more or less came to a few standards that allowed for more open and cross platform support. Just about any device you buy now can get access to email from almost any back end server, regardless if the server is Microsoft, Un*x or the like. This was a great boon for Apple as people were able to pick the device that they wanted and have it supported.

Unfortunately, This isn't how things work in the rest of Corporate. Especially in regards to proprietary applications. Many large corporations and enterprises run very proprietary software, or, heavily modified open platforms. For Example, Microsoft Great Plains is a heavily modifiable, and customizable Accounting and finance platform. Guess what, it will only run on MIcrosoft. our Platform for example uses a very particular runtime that will only run Windows or Unix only.
 
Gasu E. said:
Do you work in an "enterprise"? If you did, you would know this was in fact the case. I work in a company that does $50B/ year revenue.

2008: Windows-only shop
2015: 100% mobile and open. iOS and Macs are the platforms of choice.
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this is interesting to me. Would you be allowed to disclose what industry you're in?
We're in the financial sector - and I can see no way, ever, that we would move away from windows, due to the apps that we all use.
 
legioxi said:
Cisco UC already works in iOS via their Jabber apps.
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OldSchoolMacGuy said:
Another blow to Dell, HP, Microsoft and others.
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Remember this was announced at a Cisco event. This is all about helping Cisco compete against Microsoft in the UC space. Don't know how much it helps Apple. Here is the reason for the announcement.
 

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Kaibelf said:
Howso?

1. Optimized gear, which is pretty standard stuff in the industry. HP does it a lot.
2. Cisco UC working with iOS to compete with Lync.
3. Reworking the existing collaboration apps to something more appealing to work with in order to protect their platform.

Not very vague at all.
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Well, you just answered with a non-marketing BS translation.
 
I think it's great that Apple and Cisco are working together now. They both make the best stuff of their 'field'. Apple makes amazing phones and tablets, while Cisco does an incredible job creating network solutions like routers, switches and all that kind of stuff. As an IT student I work with their products every day, so I know how great these are. :)

Looking forward to what improvements are going to be made in the upcoming months!
 
What a fantastic way to get people to buy your expensive product, well done Cisco and Apple. Two giant corporations exploiting the capitalist world to the max.
A partnership engineered to increase sales and defuse the competition.

I believe Cisco is known for expensive networking kit and firing people on mass as it has no clue how to read the market they are in.
 
What people may not know is that Cisco owns the iOS name trademark, which Apple pays to use continuously. Apple does not own it. The term IOS is licensed from Cisco. IOS was used for over 10 years as Cisco's OS name.
 
MacRumors said:



Apple today sent out a press release announcing a new partnership with Cisco, which will see the two companies teaming up to create a "fast lane" for iOS business users through the optimization of Cisco networks for iOS devices and apps. The partnership will allow iOS devices to work more efficiently in workplaces that use Cisco technology.

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Through the partnership, iOS devices and Cisco networks will be optimized to work together to enhance productivity for enterprise users. Apple and Cisco are aiming to make the iPhone a better business collaboration tool for use with Cisco's voice and video environments, "providing employees with a seamless experience between their iPhone and their desk phone."

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Cisco will create "experiences" tailored to iOS devices across mobile, cloud applications, and collaboration tools like Cisco Spark, Cisco Telepresence, and Cisco WebEx to improve collaborative interactions and "reinvent the meeting experience.

Article Link: Apple and Cisco Team Up for iOS Enterprise 'Fast Lane'
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Hmmm I wonder if Meraki (Cisco's MDM offering) will get better then.
 
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